QUEENSLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1627, 4 May 1875, Page 3

QUEENSLAND.

April 28. Parliament met yesterday. The speech states that the Bill will be introduced to provide for increased homestead areas, to encourage and facilitate legitimate settlement ; also Bills for the payment of members, and to set apart a railway reserve fund. The address in reply was carried in both Houses. ADELAIDE. April 28, The quarter's expenditure exceeded the revenue by £83,000 The deficit in the is expected to amount to £200,000. It is probable that fresh taxation will be resorted to. A very high tidal flood occurred at Port Place, and submerged the township, causing several thousand pounds worth of damage. SHIPPING. Melbourne.— Sailed April 24 : Bassil, for Dunedin; 26th, St. Kilda, for Greymouth, Sidney.—Arrived, April 24: Moa, from Timaru ; Look Out, from Taranaki ; 26th, tha Amy, from Lyttelton. Newcastle.—Arrived April 23: Charniere •and Adolphus from Lyttelton. 24th : William Gifford, from Oamaru; Maggie, from Napier; Garelock from Dunedin ; Camilla, from Lyttleton. 26th: Derwent, from Auckland; Candidate, from Dnnedin.

Sailed.—April 21, Helen, for Napier j 26, Anne Melhuish, for Wellington.

COMMERCIAL.

The markets are very dull. Wheat has slightly improved, ss. 2d. ; sales of oats are neglected, feeding, 3s. lOd. to 45.; seeds, 4s. There is an improved feeling for brandies, ■with a slight advance. Sales of butter for shipment to New Zealand, Is. A good demand exists for tea.